A man is found fatally injured by police officers called to a bookmakers in south-east London.

Apple's latest profits soared past expectations as sales of its best-known iPhone and iPad products more than doubled.

The UN is set to declare a famine in parts of Somalia, as humanitarian conditions deteriorate amid the worst drought in over half a century.

A heat-wave blanketing the US heartland in humidity, buckling roads and rupturing water mains, has claimed the lives of 13 people, US media report.

Medieval suits of armour were so exhausting to wear that they could have affected the outcomes of famous battles, a study suggests.

People who want to set up personal pensions are at risk of bad advice and high hidden commission, says Consumer Focus.

The world's largest exhibition on the Hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca, is to be staged at the British Museum, it announces.

The French finance minister says Europe needs to send a "strong message" that it will act decisively on the Greek debt crisis.